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Major Pennants

Congratulations to our men's Major Pennant team who have started their 2024 season with three straight wins to sit equal first in their division with Glenmore Heritage Valley.

The team defeated Marrickville both home and away in the first two weeks of the season before another strong victory at home on the weekend against Bayview.

1. Peter Tunks won 3 & 2
2. Harley Holohan won 5 & 4
3. Scott Campbell lost 3 & 2
4. James Whiteford won 6 & 5
5. Drew Ferguson won 2 & 1
6. Darren Spalding won 7 & 6
7. Tom Fisher won 6 & 4

The team will travel to Bayview this weekend to hopefully replicate this result, before the home and away matches against Glenmore which will decide who proceeds through to the playoff section.

Members interested in following the team's progress throughout the season can do so by clicking on the links below:

Golf NSW: Division 3, Section 2

Golf NSW: Division 3, Section 2 Leaderboard

Mixed Pennants

Congratulations to the Club's Mixed Pennant team who bounced back on the weekend with a win over Mona Vale at home.

1. Matthew Zee & Beth Xu won 3 & 2
2. Jason Freudenrich & Traci Maillard won 5 & 3
3. Rory O’Rorke and Marilyn Joma won 3 & 2
4. Rory Willias and Anne Tilbury won 3 & 2
5. Tom Evans and Chris Lozano lost 2 down
6. Neil Gibson and Liz Lacey lost 8 & 7

The team now has 2 victories and one defeat to Woollahra, who lead the division at the halfway mark. The team will travel to Mona Vale this weekend for the return match, with the final match of the season against Woollahra at Eastlake (10th March) likely to determine who wins the division this season.

Members interested in following the team's progress throughout the season can do so by clicking the link below:

2024 Mixed Pennant Results

2024 Mixed Pennants Leaderboards

Women's Bronze Pennant

Congratulations to our women's bronze team who commenced their season on Friday with a win over Bardwell Valley at Woollahra. The individual results from the first-round matches can be found below and we wish the team well for the upcoming season:

Rosa Hyon won 5 & 4
Helen Elisseou lost 1 down
Anne Tilbury won 6 & 4
Wendy McCauley lost 3 & 2
Liz Lacey won by WO

Four-Ball Championships

The final round of the Four-Ball Championship last Saturday was an absolute thriller. It was played under nicer conditions than round 1 as the scores reflected.

In A Grade, defending champions Darren Spalding and Pearse Donnelly knew they had to shoot something special to give themselves a chance being 5 shots behind the lead after the first round and they did just that. The pair combined for a terrific 11 under par (60) on the day to beat Harley Holohan and Scott Campbell by 1 shot.

In A Reserve, the pairs of Chris Aquilina / Patrick Forrester and Barak Rodwell / Mark Thompson finished tied on 150, meaning they will play together this Saturday in an 18-hole playoff to decide the winner.

B Grade was not short on excitement either, with the pairs of George Theore / Dion Karadimitropoulos and Michael Sowter / Gary Hollingshed finishing all tied after 36 holes (154 scratch). The teams went out again for a sudden death playoff, where Michael Sowter was able to get up and down for par on the first hole to secure the victory for his team.

In C Grade, the pair of Walter Devecchis and Thomas Duffy shot a great second round score of 84 strokes to claim victory by three strokes, the largest margin across all grades.

Congratulations to all of this year's winners and good luck to the two pairs playing off for the A Reserve title tomorrow morning. Please click on the link below for the final standings:

FINAL RESULTS

Recent Rain at Eastlake GC

Members will likely have experienced for themselves the storms that hit Sydney earlier this week following unseasonably warm and humid weather. The course was likewise affected, with 113mm falling on the Monday and Tuesday alone.

Downpours like this play havoc with the Club's bunkers and paths, with the course team having to work exceptionally hard to return them to the standard expected by members and guests.

The section below from Simon Blagg outlines the plans for some upcoming cart path work which will reduce the time and manpower necessary to repair our cart paths following such deluges.

Course Pathway Upgrade

One of the biggest challenges following a major storm is the repair of cart paths following subsidence and erosion. The poor condition of the cart paths has become a significant issue, causing damage to the club's machinery and golf cart fleet as well as posing a hazard to golfers walking the course.

In response to this issue, a Master Plan for the Club's cart paths has been created and accepted by the Board. This major project will likely take several years to complete but will improve the quality of the playing surfaces and members enjoyment of the course.

The first section of pathway to be replaced will commence in the first week of March and will be from the 15^th green to the 17^th tee, a stretch of around 300 meters. This project will cause some disruption to the normal course layout however directional signage and safety roping will be in place to ensure golfers know which way to go. We anticipate the 15^th and 17^th holes to remain in play during this time.

Phase two of the project will commence in early April, with the area next to the 13^th tee to be repaired and a new concrete pathway and turning bay installed beside the tee. The road to the left and behind the 13^th green will be replaced with a new concrete path and a ramp will be installed behind the green for players with pull buggies. These areas were deemed the most critical and labor intensive in terms of repairs following a storm and will greatly improve the playability and access to these holes.

We apologies for the inconvenience this work will create but members will no doubt appreciate these new paths once complete.

Upcoming Events & Specials

NRL Season Opener Special

at Eastlake Golf Club

Chicken Wings & a Schooner of Beer for $20

St Patrick's Day

at Eastlake Golf Club

Club NRL Tipping Comp

With the 2024 NRL season due to kick off in Las Vegas on March 3rd, members are invited to register their interest in the Club's 2024 footy tipping competition. Unlike year's passed, this year's competition will be run online with members required to enter their tips through the "I Tip Footy" website.

The cost for this year's competition will be $50, with the Club to invoice participating members, and the prize pool to be distributed as follows:

1st Place: 60%
2nd Place: 25%
3rd Place: 15%

To register your interest in this competition, members should respond to Rob Blain (manager@eastlakegolfclub.com.au) and they will be sent a link to register their spot in the field.

Coopers Prize Draw

Congratulations to member Col Jones who was the lucky winner of the Coopers logoed golf bag drawn on the weekend.

Run over the past month, members who purchased a schooner of Coopers went into the draw with Col being drawn out by Bar staff Lisa and Luke.

Col can be seen in the photo (left) being awarded his new bag and enjoying a schooner of Coopers to celebrate.

Avondale Bronze Salver

Congratulations to Eastlake GC member Beth Xu who claimed victory in the recent Avondale Bronze Salver held on Wednesday, 21 February.

Beth returned a score of 35 points to beat out a large field for this prestigious event. Beth can be seen in the photo (right) accepting her trophy following her terrific round.

Pace of Play

The data presented below represents a summary of Pace of Play at the Club since the beginning of the year. Members will notice that the pace of the field slows throughout the morning, with early groups finishing in well under 4 hours and groups teeing off around 11 finishing in approximately 4.5 hours. Whilst most Clubs would aspire to have these Pace-of-Play statistics for their field, they show the importance of early groups keeping up with the group in front so as not to unnecessarily delay the round of members playing late.

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